The PEDIGREE of
Order Cathartiformes

     (many relationships have been proposed for New World vultures; today they are given an Order of their own)

 "Child(ren)":       Family Cathartidae (New World vultures)
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/-- Clade Dinosauria   +====> [ 80]
/-- Clade Saurischia ('lizard-hipped' dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Theropoda (Bipedal Dinosaurs)
/-- Clade Tetanurae
/-- Clade Coelurosauria (Feathered Theropods)
/-- Clade Maniraptora
/-- Clade Avialae (Birds)
/-- Clade Euornithes (Advanced Flying Birds)
/-- Class Aves (Modern Beaked Birds)
/-- Subclass Neornithes
/-- Infraclass Neognathae
/-- Legion Neoaves
/-- Sublegion Coronaves
/-- Supercohort Passerae-Charadriae (Land Birds & Shore Birds)
/-- Cohort Passerae (Land Birds)
| or: poss. Accipitriformes
/   | or: prob. not Falconiformes or: prob. not Pelecanimorphae
/  
- Order Cathartiformes
 

 
  ``Grandchild:''       Genus Vultur (Andean Condor)
 

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